Project Matte Black A3
Photo shoot will be done ASAP!
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As promised, the project has begun!
I'm going to do an in-depth write-up of my vinyl wrapping project. I have never wrapped a car before, only small items so this should be an interesting experience.
Day 1:
Drove down to San Diego today and picked up the vinyl from SDtint. The guys at SDtint (www.sdtint.com) were very helpful and Travis gave me the best price around!
Measuring out the vinyl:
Roll:
I got the 3M air release. I wanted to play it safe and went with a trusted brand.
I will be posting updates. Clay bar and wrapping begins tomorrow morning! Hopefully the rain cooperates with us tomorrow. I have to pick up a heat gun and some hand squeegees tomorrow also.
Day 2:
Wow what a day. Started a little later than I would have hoped but got decently far. The vinyl is A LOT thinner than I thought it would be. Since it's so thin its insanely hard to get creases out so it takes a lot of patience. Definitely much harder than I anticipated haha. I bought a heat gun but I decided to use a blowdryer instead. The heat gun is a little too intense for the vinyl since it is so thin.
Bye bye gloss! After claying
Getting ready
First piece of vinyl cut and ready to be put on
2 hours later, the hood is done. I thought the hood would be the easiest piece but it wasn't at all haha. It was quite difficult
Roof and spoiler (fixed the part around the shark fin but forgot to snap a pic of the after)
Easiest piece
Trunk progress
Decided to do this fender panel by myself before I called it a night
Hoping I can finish it tomorrow! Definitely not a one man job... I had three friends helping me today and it was still a struggle
Day 3:
Got another fender done. Gonna start on the doors next I think. The long A-pillar that goes all the way to the rear is going to be tough
Door #1 in process
Door 1 done (re-wrapping door handles. It was impossible to wrap them perfectly because I chose to leave them on the door. Couldn't figure out how to remove them haha
Door #1 and #2 done
Door #3 done. Didn't clean up the very bottom part in this picture
Thats all I could get done today. I attempted to wrap the front bumper with one other unexperienced friend and it was way too hard to do with two people. NOT looking forward to the bumpers.
As stated below, I did unfortunately run out of vinyl. I still have to do the rear bumper and two panels connected to the A-pillars. Hopefully driving down to pick more up tomorrow. Very bummed that I ran out
two decent daytime pics
Day 7?
Trunk all finished (didn't trim around the license plate yet in this picture)
Shot of the front bumper (didn't trim the middle in this picture)
Day 9
Didn't trip the middle of the front bumper yet so cut me some slack!
All thats left is the rear bumper!!! Gonna try to knock it out in the next few hours
Day 10
Rear bumper DONE! Biggest pain in the ass wow haha. I'll take pictures when its light out tomorrow
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